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ge-þanc

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Worda and dǽda, þeáwa and geþonca, Cri. 1584: El. 1286. Gif hié synna fremmað þeáwum and geþancum. Gen. 2413 : El. 312. Ic þæt ne forhycge heortan geþoncum, Ph. 552 : Gú. 1227. þá módhwatan on geþancum, Dan. 358.

Dalamensan

(n.)
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Dalamensan, gen.-ena ; pl. m.

The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe

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The Dalamensan; Dalamensæ: a Slavonic race, who dwelt in Misnia on both sides of the river Elbe Be norþan eástan Maroara syndon Dalamensan, and be eástan Dalamensan [MS. Dalamensam] sindon Horithi, and be norþan Dalamensan [MS.

gearwe

(adv.)
Grammar
gearwe, adv.
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., El. 719. Ne ful geare wiste, 860. Geara, Guth. 70, 4: Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 8. Ne wéne ic his, ac wát geara (geare, v. l. ), 38, 6; F. 208, 14. Geare cunnan, Wand. 69: B. 2070; El. 167. Gearwe cunnan, Wand. 71. Gearor witan, Past. 429, 19: Bl.

ge-mót

(n.)
Grammar
ge-mót, es; n.

A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, councilconventus, congregatio, concursusConcĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,

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On gemót cuman to come to the assembly, Elen. Kmbl. 558; El. 279. Gif hwá gemót forsitte if any one fail to attend the 'gemot,' L. Athelst. 20; Th. i. 208, 26.

Linked entry: ge-mét

FÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FÓT, nom. acc: gen. fótes; dat. fét, fóte; pl. nom. acc. fét, fótas; gen. fóta; dat. inst. fótum; m.

a FOOTpésthe footpēs

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Similar entries v. fót-gemet, eln, ynce, met-geard, geard, gyrd. Nigon fóta, and ix scæfta munda, and ix bere-corna nine feet and nine half feet, and nine barley-corns or three inches, L. Ath. iv. 5; Th. i. 224, 9

in

(prep.)
Grammar
in, prep.
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In wíta forwyrd, An. 1620: El. 765: Leás, 10. In þeóde þrym gestígan, Crä. 19. In líf onwæcnan. Ph. 640. He ácenned wearð in cildes hád, El. 776.

twégen

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twégen, (twegen? In the later MSS. of the Gospels tweigen and twegen are found, but ei may represent earlier e, e. g. weig, Lk. 1, 79, eige, 2, 9; or é, e. g. wreigende, 23, 10, wreigeð, 23, 14: Layamon has tweiȝe, tweien: in the Ormulum the form is tweȝȝen); m.: twá, twuá; f.: tú, tuu, twá; n.: gen. twéga, twégea, tweágea, twíga, twégera, twégra (later Gospels have tweigre, tweire); dat. twám, twǽm. Besides these West Saxon are the following forms, nom. acc. twǽgen, twœgen, tuoegi, tuoege, tuóge, tuoe, tué; m.: f. tuoege: gen. tuoega, tuoe, twégen, tuoegara,twoegra, tuoera.
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Ðæt wæter wearð tó twá tódǽled divisa est aqua, Ex. 14, 21. used in combination with other numerals, with cardinals, multiplicative Tú hund and þreó swylce þrittig eác wintra, Elen. Kmbl. 3; El. 2. Twá hund, 1264; El. 634.

Linked entries: tuu twá

on-tydran

(v.)

to nourish, support

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to nourish, support Hú þyncþ eów hú seó sibb gefæstnad wǽre, hwæðér hió síe ðæm gelícost ðe mon nime ǽnne eles dropan, and drýpe on án micel fýr, and þence hit mid ðæm ádwæscan?

CLǼNE

(adj.)
Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.

CLEAN, pure, clearmundus, purus, merus, serenuschaste, innocentcastus, innoxius

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Clǽnumstefnum with pure voices, Elen. Kmbl. 1496; El. 750.

Linked entries: cláne cléne

DRÍFAN

(v.)
Grammar
DRÍFAN, drýfan,ic drífe , ðú drífest , drífst , he drífeþ , drífþ , dríft , pl. drífaþ; p. ic, he dráf, ðú drife, pl. drifon, dreofon; pp. drifen .

DRIVE, force, pursue pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui To drive, rush with violence ruĕre

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Ða wéregan neát, ðe man daga gehwam drífeþ and þirsceþ, ongitaþ hira góddénd the brute animals, which man drives and beats every day, understand their benefactors, Elen, Kmbl. 716; El. 358.

DÓM

(n.)
Grammar
DÓM, es; m.

Doom, judgment, judicial sentence, decree, ordinance, law jūdĭcium, sententia, decrētum, jus, lex a ruling, governing, commandrectio, gubernātio, impĕrium might, power, dominion, majesty, glory, magnificence, honour, praise, dignity, authority potentia, potestas, majestas, glōria, splendor, honor, laus, dignĭtas, auctōrĭtas will, free will, choice, option arbitrium, optiosense, meaning, interpretationsignifĭcātio, interprĕtātio

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Eów Dryhten geaf dóm unscyndne the Lord gave you shameless glory, Elen. Kmbl. 730; El. 365. Se ðe wile dóm arǽran who desires to exalt his dignity, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 2; Wíd. 140.

(n.; adj.)
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má, indecl. cpve. used as subst. and adj.

More

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Seó þridde declinatio hefþ eahta and hundseofontig geendunga oððe má, 9; Som. 8, 15 : Elen. Kmbl. 1264; El. 634. Hé hæfþ weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mǽge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36 : 213, 28.

Linked entries: mǽst

swǽs

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽs, adj.
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Ic and mín swǽs fæder, Elen. Kmbl. 1032; El. 517. Mín ðæt swǽse bearn! (cf. mín ðæt leófe bearn! 166, 28; Gú. 1049), Exon. Th. 167, 1; Gú. 1053. Swǽs eft ongon (cf. fæder eft ongon etc., 7) his bearn lǽran, 302, 29; Fä. 43.

Linked entries: swáse swés

þrág

(n.)
Grammar
þrág, þráh, e; f.

a timeseasontime

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Th. 271, 29; Sat. 112: Elen. Kmb1. 2475; El. 1239. Wæter wynsumu mónþa gehwam bearo geondfaraþ þrágum ( at appointed times ), is ðæt þeódnes gebod, ðætte twelf síþum ðæt tírfæste lond geondláce lagufloda wynn, Exon. Th. 202, 11; Ph. 68: Ps.

Linked entry: wód-þrág

þys-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þys-líc, þyl-líc; pron.

Such

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Þyslícne þegn, 316, 7; Mód. 45: Elen. Kmbl. 1087; El. 546. Ða ðe ðyllícne gylt þurhteóð, Homl. Ass. 148, 122. Ðá ongan hé forð sendan þyllíce stemne and þus cwæð..., Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 190. Ðyllíce, 204.

Linked entries: þislíc þyl-líc

ge-sǽlig

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Se feónd and se freónd . . . synnig and gesǽlig, El. 956.

wédan

(v.)
Grammar
wédan, p. de

To be mad or furious, to rage, rave to be mad, out of one's sensesto act with violence, be furious, rage,

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Ðonne wind wédende færeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2546; El. 1274. Mid wédendum and egislícum gehlýde bacchanti et furibundo strepitu, Hpt. Gl. 495, 75. Wédende reóhnysse tumentem insaniam, 465, 20. Wédende ýða frementes (furentes) fluctus, 464, 74.

Linked entry: a-wédan

ge-swícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swícan, ic -swíce, ðú -swícest, -swícst, he -swíceþ. -swícþ, pl. -swícaþ; p. -swác, pl. -swicon; pp. -swicen

To leave offdesiststopceaserest fromturn fromwithdrawrelinquishfaildeceivebetrayintermitteredesisterecessarequiescererequiesceredesererediscedererelinqueredeficerefallereproderewith the genitive with the dative

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Gif we ðæs unrihtes geswícaþ if we cease from evil, Elen. Kmbl. 1030; El. 516. Gerǽddon [gerædden, MS.] ða witan ðæt man ǽlces yfeles geswác the witan decreed that men should cease from every kind of evil, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 33: Ps. Th. 58, 4.

holm

(n.)
Grammar
holm, es; m.

A mound, hill, rising groundwave, ocean, water, sealand rising from the water,an island in a river

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Ofer heánne holm, Elen. Kmbl. 1962; El. 983: Cd. 213; Th. 266, 4; Sat. 17: Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 14; Wand. 82. Ðá ic on holm gestáh when I embarked, Beo. Th. 1269; B. 632: Andr. Kmbl. 858; An. 429.

wlacu

(adj.)
Grammar
wlacu, and wlæc; adj.

Lukewarmtepid

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On wlacum ele, Homl. Th. i. 86, 23. Syle hyt him wlacu súpan, Lchdm. i. 196, 19. Genim ðæt swá wlacu, ii. 40, 5. Sete him wlacu wæter drincan swíþe hát, 62, 11. Wlaco, 40, 9: 192, 10.